The QRPer Board

KL7MJ wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 3:24 pm I still have a QCX-mini and a QDX to build, so the QMX-hi should be out long before I'm ready to get it!

Same boat ... I'm 2/3 through building a QDX, but went ahead and ordered a QMX anyway.
So much to do ... so little time.
73 Skip K4EAK

Brian -- looks like it's sold. However, there's another guy also getting rid of his. I'll see if I can find his contact info and post it here.
73 Skip K4EAK

Brian -- I'll have to check. It's on loan to someone who wanted to try it for a while before buying it. I'll check today.
73 Skip K4EAK

Rick N8TGQ is right. There are lots of boards printed with "QRPguys," including those sold on amazon, that are not made by QRPguys. It's really shameful. Also, that style of board (with a copper ground plate incorporated into the winder) seems to have some quirky performance. There was a t...

I'd be careful about the G-106. While I agree about not relying on the reviews of certain YouTube "personalities," this month's evaluation of the G-106 in QST was pretty bad. QST always tries to point out some positive features and to avoid being overly negative, but the G-106 did not fare...

The FT-817/818 are, by many objective measures, sub-standard radios. Meager power on the internal battery, no tuner, no sound card, bad display, etc.. etc. etc. BUT, they also have attracted a cult-like following, and they generate an incredible amount of enthusiasm among owners. I personally witnes...

Anyone have experience using 3 or 4 18650 lithium cells in some sort of case? It seems to me that these could be a good QRP option. That's what I used for a while. Easy, inexpensive way to get 3 AH in a small package. Only downside is that Ii didn't use a BMS so I had to take out the batteries to c...

Skip, Care to share the details if your 40-30-20m end fed? Was interested on the par end fedz model but not obtainable here in the UK. Richard M0RGM I carry along with me at all times the KM6ACK version (here: https://km4ack.square.site/product/49-1-efhw-antenna-kit/34?cs=true&cst=custom ). The...

@skipRD That makes sense. I thought I read that you added something for 30. There is a Par Endfedz antenna that uses some trickery for the 30M. I don’t know how it works. They say you just need to add an SMA plug to convert it. http://www.vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/p3411.html A friend has that an...

(snip, snip) So does the 30M section in your design add more wire? There is a trapped, built-in mini tuner design on QRP guys but it looks complicated. No, 30m is shorter than 40m, so one doesn't "add" wire; there's just a link at around 50' on a 66' antenna (roughly). The 66' antenna is ...